Flash Flood, Gillespie
- When
- June 20, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gillespie County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.318, -98.946 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Texas, June 20, 1999
Thunderstorms repeatedly dropped heavy rainfall over Gillespie and Kerr counties early on Sunday afternoon. Rain totals over the two counties averaged between 3 and 4 inches, with up to 5 inches reported at Hunt in western Kerr County and as much as 7 inches at Fredericksburg in Gillespie County.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms repeatedly dropped heavy rainfall over Gillespie and Kerr counties early on Sunday afternoon. Rain totals over the two counties averaged between 3 and 4 inches, with up to 5 inches reported at Hunt in western Kerr County and as much as 7 inches at Fredericksburg in Gillespie County. Widespread flash flooding closed roads and inundated low water crossings. The most severe flash flooding was in central Gillespie County
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:02 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Kerr
- When
- June 20, 1:00 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kerr County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 30.062, -99.350 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
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The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, June 20, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 20 to 22, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Montana, June 20, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, June 20, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 20, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 20, 1999
- Flood in North Dakota, June 20, 1999
- Flood in Minnesota, June 20, 1999
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, June 20 to 21, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 20, 1999
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, June 20 to 21, 1999
- Flooding in Oklahoma, June 20 to 22, 1999
More
Every storm in Texas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5698998, 5698999.